In Canada's British Columbia, ministers and political staff have been told not to delete emails in response to a report highly critical of a lack of transparency in government communications. [ + ]

As the federal government's digital transformation effort builds steam, we sought the insights of IT industry experts to see what the public sector can learn from similar projects in the private sector. [ + ]

Western Australia Public Trustee has announced a one-year extension to a contract with Unisys covering support and maintenance services for its core MATE application. [ + ]

The ABS has announced that it expects around 65% of Australian households to complete the 2016 census online. [ + ]

The US Office of Management and Budget is calling for consultation on the first proposed changes to federal information management policy in 15 years, to reflect new technologies and threats. [ + ]

The NSW government has entered a major deal to allow all departments to access Microsoft cloud services including Office 365 and Skype. [ + ]

IT infrastructure is not usually the limiting factor in digital government transformation — it is the governance models and the leadership that must enable it. [ + ]

Experimental designs, best-practice models and looming as-a-service tools are emerging on the landscape as the Digital Transformation Office advances efforts to digitise government bodies. [ + ]

Telstra has announced a three-year agreement with the Northern Territory government to bring mobile and potentially fixed-line services to remote NT communities. [ + ]

The federal government will task the Digital Transformation Office with helping develop a national digital identity verification framework as part of its review into Australia's financial system. [ + ]

The 1980s movie Back to the Future got some predictions for 2015 right, but others were way off. Where are all the flying cars? And don't even mention hoverboards. [ + ]

The UK government's new Tech Nation Visa Scheme has added new qualifying criteria to help the nation's technology start-ups more easily source talent from outside the EU.

The OAIC has extended the term of the acting information commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, amid uncertainty about the agency's future, while NSW Treasury is searching for a new CIO. [ + ]

The CEO of the Digital Transformation Office is on a mission to transform government, and sees the reinvention of government services coming from an 'outside in' rather than an 'inside out' approach. [ + ]

Damning assessment of current identity and access management technologies is pushing government agencies to expand the use of facial recognition biometric technology. [ + ]